Coleen was fuming, the kind of fuming that made her want to grab the nearest pillow and scream into it. One moment she was all calm and collected, and the next, she was storming back into the hospital room, demanding to speak with her so-called best friend's

significant other. "Chad, get out here right now!"

Her son, who couldn't hide his smirk, got an earful. "Go on, your highness is throwing a fit again, calling you out by name."

Chad stood from his chair and ventured out into the hallway.

There, Jade's face was as red as a ripe tomato. "Mia never said that, you liar!"

Chad shrugged. "Oh, is that so? Guess I'm getting old and my memory's betraying me."

"Chad!" Jade was grinding her teeth so hard she could've turned a lollipop into dust.

Back at Maplewood Estates, Andre, who had just tucked his son into bed, braced himself for Mia's tirade.

"You lied, Andre! Molly never told you any of those things about me!"

woke up their sleeping son, Henry, who started sobbing

his little back, and shot Andre a glare that could freeze lava. "You're such a despicable, dirty, conniving weasel. You're sleeping alone tonight; we're

horizon, the men's foolishness had pushed their

party. "Mia, have you sorted everything out with Andre? Have you arranged the custom gown, the invitations, the venue decorations? How many

"Dad, one thing at a time, let me get a

but feel a sting of worry. "You mean to tell me you haven't arranged any of this

much with her husband

home for the confinement period. As he held his sleeping grandson, he indulged in the satisfaction of seeing his good genes at work in the little one's cherubic

family, Hansen left, and Mia, with an extra billion on her card, begrudgingly returned

that night, as the couple leaned against the headboard, Mia

peering over, said, "Give me that

You're swamped with work and dealing with

Andre conceded to some of her plans but insisted on handling others, like

surge of admiration for her capable husband, suggested she might work for

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